Tile stores La Paz?

You have a friend with about 8-10 various tile samples from InterCeramic scattered all over her kitchen counter at the moment! But I gotta get them returned before you could make it by! InterCeramic probably has the widest variety in stock, Porcelanite & VitroMex probably just about tie for second, after that it'd be Uget's, but she primarialy specializes in Talavara & more rustico tiles. Once you've gone into 2-3 stores, if you're not looking at the same materials over & over again, it certainly feels that way! Then there are the granite & other natural stone places. InterCeramic does have carry some natural stone products.

Thanks, we'll stick to Forjadores and the other main blvds Kate mentioned.

Paula, Quinta Lupita carries the roof tile we'll be using and I do want to see what else they have.

You're right Longlegs, this type of Mex porcelain tile starts to look all the same when you're shopping, and shopping for tile in our price range is booorrring. I did some tile shopping in CA recently and found that my 1st flooring choice of tumbled marble or limestone runs $18-40 sf .

At that cost I'd have to sit by the front door and dispense booties to anyone who dared enter, and go on patrols to make sure no one tried to eat or spill in the house. Home tours would be conducted from the exterior of the building. "Imagine if you turn left and go up those stairs, you'll come to a bedroom-here's a photo for you".

Not sure what we're going to do for flooring yet- maybe a combo of colored concrete with tile or stone borders. Most importantly, it's got to be easy to clean and durable.

We've got a long way to go before the final flooring goes in but the guys are moving along quickly and we'll need to know the thickness of the flooring soon for the stair construction. BTW, we have footings- yeh hoo!




Today we're going to do something way more fun than looking at boring tile. Boulder shopping! (Now that's the stuff I've always dreamed about when thinking about building a Mexico casa). Going to take the buggy up some trails to look for BIG boulders that will be incorporated in to the patio. The dozer and dumptruck will go out and pick them up later. "Placement" of the boulders by the dozer, so close to the new footings and block work, will be ahh... interesting.

I'll post some pictures if all goes well with the landscape rock placement. If we experience any runaway giant boulders, photos may be blurry as we're running for our lives.

WOW!!!!!

I see progress!! Real actual construction is happening! There's hope that you just might get to live in that structure during your lifetime! Very creative way to reduce cement cost by incorporating big boulders into the design! Great concept!! Just make sure they don't place any too close to the structure to interfere with finish plaster....but I know you've already thunk that out! But why do I think that "boulder shopping" might be just as frustrating as tile shopping? Getting that dozer driver to understand why it's important to you that the boulders are in the same condition upon placement as when you found them is going to be real fun!

Tile selection is a pain in the butt! I know that InterCeramic has an annual sale....but I can't remember exactly when it is.

Keep the camera batteries charged at all times & use it often! Take pics of the boulder placement whether it goes smoothly or not! Designing a better mousetrap is always easier with pics of first generation mousetraps!

[Edited on 5-1-2011 by longlegsinlapaz]

Dulce, I've been curious where your house is located. 4th or 5th point with an unobstructed view?? Somewhere in Comondu, of course. Boulders around here are getting popular and prices rising. Midnite Boulder Supply? Looking good!! Tio

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